Re: I am about to scream!

Ben

Posted on 1/12/11

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There isn't enough information here. You didn't say how long
a walk it is, or how many kids you have in the class, etc.

Do they have to wait too long for lunch? 2nd graders should
have breakfast before class, a snack at 10am, and lunch no
later than 12:30. Maybe the kids are really, really hungry?

Try speaking to them at eye level. Rehearse beforehand, the
way they do in the army. I bet the kids don't want to have to
rehearse walking up and down the hall all morning.

Here's what my teacher did with us:

1. She had a box of cookies and told us we'd get to have them
later.
2. We were "bad" in music class.
3. The teacher looked at us and said, calmly, "the cookies
will go to the other class, because you didn't behave."
4. She told us "you will now line up and march back to class
the way I tell you. If your behavior is this bad tomorrow,
we'll have more of the same.

Remember, kids this age need to be rewarded differently than
high-schoolers.

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